Loom temple



' June 30, 1936. E DOUGLAS I 2,046,289 LOCM' TEMPL J '4 Filed Jan. 27, i1956 fikfpe/c E. DOUGLAS.

ATTORNEY.-

INVENTOR.

Patented June 30, 1936 LOOM' TEMPLE Fredric'E. Douglas, Hopedale, Mass.,assignor to Draper Corporation, Hopedale, Mass, a corporation of MaineApplication January 27, 1936, Serial No. 60,899 6 C laims. ((1139-2395)The present invention pertains to loom .tem-

ples, and has more particular reference to such temples having aplurality of fabric gripping rollers supported in and housed by a templepod and cap. l r The prior commercial form of temple of the typementioned comprises a pod having a plurality of parallel .fabricgripping rollers therein, and a cap detachably securedto the pod,,thecap containing a fabric gripping roller which is yieldingly pressedtoward the rollers in the pod. The cap-containedroller is mounted forfloating movement, asby being mounted on a roll pin which is looselyreceived in open-ended slots in the cap. A single elongated spring,extending lengthwise of the cap, acts on the roll pin through the mediumof plungers engaging the ends of the rolli'pin.

J The prior temple, as just described, was inconvenient to assemble anddismantlebecause the open-ended slots allowedthe roll pin and roller tofall out of the cap whenever. the latter was detached from the temple.The present inventlon has .for one of its objects the provision, in atemple of the type described of a hanger member connected at itslowerend to the roll pin anddetachably connected at its upper end tothe'roller-actuating spring, whereby the roll pin and roller aredetachably secured in the cap.

A further object of the invention is to provide a temple cap having aspring-pressed fabric gripping roller, a roll pin loosely supported inopen-ended slots in the cap, and a hanger member detachably securing theroll pin to the spring.

I have devised and herein disclose, two embodiments of the invention. Inboth said embodiments, a hanger member is provided at each end of thetemple cap and each hanger member is apertured at its lower. end toreceive an end of the roll pin. In one embodiment, the elongated springis split, or slotted, at each end, and each hanger member is notched atits upper end to fit into the proper slot in the spring. In thisembodiment the hanger members serve not only to detachably secure theroll pin'in the cap but also transmit pressure from the spring to theroll pin.

In the other embodiment herein disclosed, the roller and roll pin areyieldingly'pressed downwardly byan elongated spring acting throughplungers slidably mounted in the end walls of the cap. Hanger membersare provided at opposite ends of the cap as in the first. embodiment,but the means of detachably securing the hanger members to the spring isdifferent in that each member is'provided with a comparatively largeaperture'through which the spring extends.

The said embodimentsare illustrated'on the accompanying drawing, ofwhich;

Fig- 1 is a plan viewof a temple constituting the first embodiment abovementioned;

Fig. 2 is a View of'the rear face of the temple of Fig. .1, with thecap'partly broken away and appearing, in section;

Fig. '3 is a View in cross-section taken approximately on line 3--3-,Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a view in cross-section taken approximately on line 4-4., Fig.5; and

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing the temple comprising thesecond embodiment above mentioned. I

The temple of Figs. 13 includes the'housing' I which is adapted tobemounted so as to extend lengthwise of the cloth C being woven. A bar 2is slidably mounted in the housing in the usual manner and is providedwith a laterally extending head wherein fabric gripping rollers aregripping rollers "I, l. The pod has parallel grooves in which therollers are received. The rollers are rotatably mounted on fixed rollpins 8, 8 in the usual manner. The particular rollers shown, beingdesigned for use with fine fabrics,

are comprised of awood body covered with leather; It. will be noted thatthe rollers are spaced apart longitudinally of the clotha distance whichis less than their diameters.

The cap 4 has front and rear fabric guiding bars 9 and Ill,respectively, and end walls II and 12. The end walls are slottedvertically as at I3, Fig. 2, and the slots are open at their lower ends.A roll pin I4 is loosely positioned in the slots for floatingmovement.That is, the roll pin is free in theslots to move bodily up and down andhorizontally in a direction longitudinally of the cloth. The roll pinis, however, prevented from rotating, it being provided with a flattenedportion I5of greater height than the width of'the slot in which it ispositioned, It will be apparent that the ;slots I3 must be open at oneend to permit insertion and removal of the roll pin M, A furtherreason Ior making the slots opemendedis to facilitate their formation bycommercial manufacturing methods.-

A third fabric gripping roller I6 is rotatably V mounted on the roll pin,this roller;extending parallel to the rollers ,1, 1 and being'yieldingly pressed'toward the latter to grip the fabric there- Iof'anelongated spring I! which is carried by the cap and extendslongitudinally thereof directly above the roller l6.

f aryj at a point intermediate its ends by a cross" bar 18 of the cap,while the ends of thei'sp'rin'gr, are free;to flex upand down. Thespring l lfisr formed of 'flat material and is split, or -slotted,

' longitudinallyas at I9 for a substantial distance" in from each end,for aipu'rpose to be described. g.

The ends of the spring I'I'are operatively associated with the rollpin"l4 to yieldingly press the roll pin and roller downwardly towarditheroller-5,1,1, whilerstill permitting floating move menial-of the rollerI6. The roll pin is also de- One hanger member is posi f ber isapertured at its lower endto receive an end of theroll pin whereby themembers are pivotally connected to-the pin, as more clearly shown byFig; 2. The upper end ofeach hanger a member is detachably connected toan' end of the" spring l1. 7' To this end, each member is notchedadjacentits upper end, see F153,. and

. the notched portion is positionedina" slot IS.

The spring :thus 'actsthrough the hanger members'to depress 'the'rollerl6, while the hanger niembersalso serve tog retain therollpin and rollerwithin the cap wheneverithe Ilatter re;

moved from'the temple; ,'I'he, embodiment shown 7 the drawingmayemploy apod V2 [with rollers 22,122 therein, which'may be identically like thevcorrespondingparts of the. temple above de-- -scribgedL The templeicap:Zlissimilarto the Troll pin M and roller 25 and-the same crossbar cap4' in thatqit' hasthe sameslottedv end walls,

for holding the spring 26 The'spring is' elongated andextendslen'gthwise of th'e cap,fbut,i ts

ends neednot be slotted. This spring is operativelylassociated" with theroll pin 24 through plungers 21, 21 which are slidably mounted in theend walls of the cap, The ends'of the spring e d depress i enmp $9 t bw? ingly press the roller 25 downwardly while still permitting floatingmovement of T the latterla s- 7 above described in connection with thefirst em V The hanger embers 28, of and are p'i'v'otalh'connected,at'theirlowerends to'the rollp'in 2i above. The manner; ofdetachablir cbnn'eeting the hanger membersito the ends'er thespring'is,however, somewhat different} In the present. embodimentthehanger'members are apertured at theirupper ends, as at 29; and

' members performonl y the function of retaining 7 a the ends of thespring merelypaiss through these apertures. Thus, inthis embodiment thehanger mb d e said roll pin, each hanger member being aper- The springis held station 7 and means detachably securing the upper end rotatablymounted on said roll pin, a single elongated spring extending'lengthwise of said cap byl l igs. 41 and 5 or detachably' securedtosaid pod, a floating roll pin and fabric gripping roller looselymounted in said cap, a single flat spring extending 1ength-. wise;ofsaid cap, said spring intermediate'its ends being held stationarybysaid cap and the ends 5 of said spring being operativelyassociated withr V -the ends of said, roll pin to yieldingly urge'the roll pin and thelast said roller toward the rollers in said pod, a hanger member at eachend of turedj at its lower end to receive said rollfpin,

of each hangerr member to an end of said spring.

,I2.,A gloom temple comprising a pod having a '7 V a 15" detachablysecured to said'pod, said'cap having i W end walls, a roll pin looselysupportedin openplurality. of fabric "gripping rollersitherein, a capended'slotsin saidrwalls, a'fabric gripping roller directly oversaid mupin, aIportibnfof said spring intermediate the ends" thereof being heldeta} tionary by, said cap and the ends. of said spring being operativelyassociated :with jaidflroul pin to yieldingly urge the latter toward therollers in 'said' pod, and a connecting member at eachend :0f saidcapand separatei therefrom; each ,said

member being 'pivotally connected at its lower a roll pinextendinglengthwise of saidbodv and loosely supported'for floatingmovement inbpen ended slots in said end walls,f,a fabricgrippin:

roller mountedon said pin, spring meanslacting ton said r011 pin to urgethe latterlinapredeter s mined direction; said'means including msingleelongated spring extending lengthwise or saidbody andsupported thereby;and: means detache ably securing saidroll pin and'roller in said cap,

the last said meansbeingcomprised of a memberat-each end of said rollpingeach member being piv'otall'y connectedratone. f said roll'pin'anddetach abl y connected at itgbther 45 end man endjof said'spring. v

4i 'As'an article'of manufacture,ateinplecan I g 7 comprisinganfelongatedbodyrhaving and walls.

a roll pin extending lengthwiseipf said bodi and loosely supported forfloating movementf'inopen- "5'0 ended slots in saidfend walls, a fabricgripping ;roller mounted on said pin, a single flat spring carried bysaid body generally parallel'toiaid rol llpin, means carried by. saidend will! transmitting pressure fromisaid spring to said 5 roll pin,-anda separateihangermemberat, each of said ro11- pin to said spring;

on said roll pin between' said end walls, a. single fiat spri gextending ge erally: lengthwise: or 1 f said body and-supported thereby,the ends oi'said u spring being" slotted longitudinally .7 thereof, anda hanger member at each end of said body; each" a I of said membersbeing apertnred at one end: to

"receive an endof said r'oll pin; the other endxnt each i of 7 saidmembers ,being' notched and the m notch'thereof-being positioned in oneoff-the 'slots ih said spring. v1 7 6. As an article of manufacture,atemple comprising an elongated body' having end iwallll,

a roll pin .iooseiy su orted in o emena a not; 7':

end of saidbody for detachablysecuring I V 7' in said end walls, afabric gripping roller mounted on said roll pin between said end walls,a single flat spring extending generally lengthwise of said body andsupported thereby, the ends of said spring being slotted longitudinallythereof, and a member at each end of said body for transmitting pressurefrom said spring to said roll pin and. for detachably securing thelatter to said spring, each said member being pivotally connected at oneend to said roll pin and each member having at its other end a notchedportion engaged in one of the slots in said spring.

FREDRIC E. DOUGLAS.

